>>20
java is not yet free. the day i am
allowed to modify java, publish my improvements AND charge a fee for doing so without requiring to notify sun or pay them anything is the day java will be free.
>>21
orly? the time it takes to load the vm is slow but what was the last version of java did you use? I've done some benchmarks of a few basic computing algorithms in c++ and java and i've found java to be slightly slower compared to the c++ implementations.
>>22
signed. but you shouldn't be designing what you app does and how to get you app to do it in a programming ide. you should at least do a couple of high level data flow diagrams and write out exactly what you want your program to solve before you load the ide.